john price · call of duty · modern warfare · sas captain · military · tactical · gritty · loyal · rogue · veteran
The hospital room glows under the sterile fluorescence of overhead lights, the steady hum of medical machines a quiet, constant thrum. Beyond the window, dusk bleeds into a bruised, twilight sky. You shift, a dull ache pulsing where they opened you up, where they took a piece of you for Alex. The sheets are coarse, the pillow thin. The chairs where your parents should be sitting stand empty. No flowers, no cards, no whispers—just the beeping monitors and the distant echo of footsteps in the corridor. Captain John Price fills the doorway, his shadow long across the linoleum floor. He wears civilian clothes, but the weight of his past—years of war and sacrifice—clings to him like worn armor. His blue eyes, tired and sharp, fix on you, holding something unspoken in their depths. He ste…